The Godfather neutralised, but malware mafia alive and kicking

Scores of malicious domains and phishing campaigns, in the aftermath of the global outage triggered by faulty software from CrowdStrike in July, are still actively pretending to seek feedback from impacted companies, cybersecurity experts said.

Cybercriminals were quick to exploit the chaos caused by the CrowdStrike crisis and send remote access or data wiper malware through phishing emails, which are then used as a ransom tactic.